New beginnings are always a great time! I am constantly in awe of the resoluteness one needs for the closing of the door behind to walk slowly but assuredly away from one’s comfort. And then how soon it can be followed by the exhilaration and anticipation of new worlds to be found in the opening of the doors ahead.
This is where I find myself. Wanting… Maybe even needing… to enter a new unexplored world. Yet I still enjoy and find fulfillment and rest in the world in which I presently reside.
Living simultaneously in two worlds… It can’t last forever… But while it does, I will enjoy the ride.
We only performed the first 46 seconds of this song. And then did a bit of a ’round’ with the song.
Many, many….many years ago, during my junior high and high school days, my Jazz Ensemble in school (of which I was a member for five years) would take three tours a year to major (local- within 100 miles) cities to be the entertainment for dinners for major businesses/symposiums.
Life Is a Cabaret was our opening song for most of the entertainment venues.
Our tour schedules were almost always the same.
Friday night was a charity event for which we performed for free. (Often this group would provide a meal).
Saturday was a tour of some facility (a zoo, a museum, an industrial complex or government facility) on an ‘educational’ topic. That night was the cabaret for the business.
Sunday was a Church performance or two. (Often the Church would host a meal.) The afternoon concert was usually in a neighborhood park. (Outdoor performances were awesome!)
If you had the power to strike one person in your life permanently speechless, who would it be? (Real names aren’t necessary, vague descriptions are fine… and yes, this is being asked in fun and not to be mean)
If you could re-live your childhood over again, what’s one thing from this modern world today you’d want to take back with you?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple are the standard colors of the rainbow.
Name something you love (or greatly admire/appreciate) for all six major colors of the rainbow! (Sorry indigo, you’re just blue-purple. Hot pink? You’re too flashy!)
If you were to open the world’s most accurate fortune cookie, what would your fortune inside it read?
Santa’s tired of people leaving him out cookies and milk on Christmas Eve night! If you really wanted to get on Santa’s good side, what would you leave out for him to eat/drink instead? (This question applies whether you celebrate Christmas or not. It’s just for fun, so imagination? Welcome! )
If you had the power to strike one person in your life permanently speechless, who would it be? (Real names aren’t necessary, vague descriptions are fine… and yes, this is being asked in fun and not to be mean)
If you could relive your childhood over again, what’s one thing from this modern world today you’d want to take back with you?
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple are the standard colors of the rainbow.
Name something you love (or greatly admire/appreciate) for all six major colors of the rainbow! (Sorry indigo, you’re just blue-purple. Hot pink? You’re too flashy!)
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You can never go wrong- or have enough- balloons!
If you were to open the world’s most accurate fortune cookie, what would your fortune inside it read?
Kraft Foods
Get a better cookie… Like a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie!
Santa’s tired of people leaving him out cookies and milk on Christmas Eve night! If you really wanted to get on Santa’s good side, what would you leave out for him to eat/drink instead? (This question applies whether you celebrate Christmas or not. It’s just for fun, so imagination? Welcome! )
What are some red flags to watch out for in daily life?
What obstacles would you include in the ‘world’s most amazing obstacle course”?
Who is the best most believable movie or book villain in your opinion? Or the one that stands out for you? (‘book’ is included because some folks don’t watch movies)
What, in your opinion, is the most beautiful/handsome part of your face? (no dissing yourself please, we’re all beautiful/handsome!)
What are some red flags to watch out for in daily life?
Spending too much time orchestrating an imaginary The World’s Most Amazing Obstacle Course extravaganza…. See next question.
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What obstacles would you include in the ‘world’s most amazing obstacle course”?
Begin The World’s Most Amazing Obstacle Course at the Great Pyramid in Gaza and take a small trek across the Sahara Desert, hike straight across the continent of Africa to Georgetown, Gambia, on the Gambia River. Swim the Gambia River to Banjul, the capital of Gambia, just of the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Once at the Atlantic, you will be hosted in a series of power-gliding events around the Horn of Africa, to reach Capetown, South Africa.
From Capetown, a friendly ocean liner will travel top-side with you as you swim toward Antarctica, through the mingling waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Oceans.
Arriving at Villa Las Estrellas, a Chilean township in Antarctica, you will take a brief respite.
After several quality days with the penguins, you will leave for a kayaking adventure from Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica to Melbourne, Australia.
Arriving in Melbourne, Australia, just in time for the Australian Open (renown tennis tournament- if you don’t know) you will enjoy a brief 2-week vacation.
From Melbourne you will begin the last water-leg of The World’s Most Amazing Obstacle Course and scuba-dive to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
You will end the The World’s Most Amazing Obstacle with a short cycling trek through central Mexica to the ancient Aztec ruins of Teotihuacán near Mexico City.
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Mission accomplished.
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Who is the best most believable movie or book villain in your opinion? Or the one that stands out for you? (‘Book’ is included because some folks don’t watch movies)
Voldemort (from the Harry Potter series). Explaining the power of unrequited love leading to the desire of world domination… a common ‘evil’ trait.
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What, in your opinion, is the most beautiful/handsome part of your face? (No dissing yourself please, we’re all beautiful/handsome!)
There is no video- This is the most complete audio of Martin Luther King, Jr. ful “I Have a Dream” Speech.
There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright ignorance. The shape of the world today does not permit us the luxury of soft mindedness. A nation or a civilization that continues to produce soft minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
During the month of December I will be purposefully trying to celebrate MORE OFTEN. I am a middle school teacher (or a former middle school teacher) and I would like to find something to celebrate (great-or-small) every single week. I still do.
This month I WILL NOT BE blogging daily about the celebration days. I want to spend more time on a writing project in Decem,ber, but I still am (personally) planning to celebrate a new day as a daily habit.
I will send the weekly list in advance … so you can PLAN to ENJOY THE CELEBRATIONS with me!
“Almost,” I said. Positivity was bursting within me. “That one was really close.”
“Close… Are you kidding me?” Matthew was astonished at my lack of remorse. “That last missile you launched just blew my ’58 Ford to smithereens. I had just finished its last reconditioning.”
I couldn’t help it but a chuckle escaped before I could answer. “There is always a cost to exploration and innovation.”
“My ’58 Fairlane 500 Skyliner was in pristine condition. It was showroom!” Matthew continued to expound. “And did you notice. The missile went 3500 yards BEHIND launch site. The opposite direction of the expected target. You had it projected to demolish that old barn.”
“Not my fault,” I emphatically replied. “It’s a prototype. You knew that. It was our first launch with a missile having heat-seeking capabilities. Not my fault you got here five minutes before liftoff and your car engine displaced more heat than the flares in the barn.”
Written for Word of the Day. (The word to use today was PROTOTYPE.)
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